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    Development Banks from the BRICS

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    The BRIC acronym was created at the beginning of the 2000s to represent a group of four fast-growing economies –Brazil, Russia, India and China – and was changed to BRICS in December 2010 with the inclusion of South Africa.
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    Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2013
    Progress towards achieving the Goals has been slow, but far from uniform across Africa.
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    South Africa’s developmental state makeover

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    This paper highlights ten key features of the Developmental State (DS) growth model by contrasting economic and institutional trends between China (and East Asia more generally) and South Africa.
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    The policy case for a tailor-made indicator of sustainable development for South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    South Africa reflects many of the world’s sustainability problems. Gains from the rise in commodity prices and debt-fueled, consumption-led growth have masked issues such as rising costs and declining competitiveness of the economy.
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    Third party verification of the delivery of education goods and services

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2013
    This Helpdesk query report looks at what evidence exists about the effectiveness of third party verification of the delivery of education goods and services (especially textbooks), and also under what circumstances and in what ways can such verification best be implemented? Main areas the report covers:
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    Review of support to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, REEEP - norad.no

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014
    The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) was established after the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. REEEP is a public private partnership, registered as an NGO under Austrian law.
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    Building mutual understanding for effective development

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    In recent years a number of countries, referred to collectively as the rising powers, have achieved rapid economic growth and increased political influence. In many cases their experience challenges received wisdom on inclusive development. Research funded by traditional development donors has tended to focus on their own aid recipients.
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    Five fingers or one hand? The BRICS in development cooperation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are increasingly prominent in development cooperation activities in low-income countries in Africa and worldwide, presenting a potential alternative to the development aid model of traditional donors.
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    Understanding South Africa’s role in achieving regional and global development progress

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    As Africa’s most diversified, developed and (until recently) largest economy, South Africa occupies a unique position in the international development debate. It is an active player in global governance and development fora, maintains an extensive development partnership with its region, and is a member of the BRICS Forum of emerging powers (along with Brazil, Russia, India and China).
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    Innovation, solidarity and South-South learning: the role of civil society from middle-income countries in effective development cooperation

    2014
    Civil society organisations (CSOs) from middle-income countries can play multiple strategically important roles in effective development cooperation. Beyond demanding transparency and accountability around the aid that their own countries still receive, they can add signifi cant value to development cooperation provided to other countries.  

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